Minor League Discussion & Boxes 8-5-14

[Guest]

all our eggs are hatching at the same time, slow down fools, there were supposed to be waves involved

 

There's still McKinney, Schwarber, Tseng, Underwood, Torres, Jimenez, Mejia and Stinnett below AA.

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

Clifton, Sands and Steele.

[Guest]

I just kept it to guys in my personal system top 20.

[Guest]

I just kept it to guys in my personal system top 20.

Mejia is in your top 20? I must have missed what he's done so far this year.

[CubInOK]

Bryant HBP

Soler K on 3 pitches (2nd time this game he's struck out on 3 pitches)

Olt BB

[seanimal]

all our eggs are hatching at the same time, slow down fools, there were supposed to be waves involved

It's going to be just one big [expletive] wave.

 

title wave

[Guest]

I just kept it to guys in my personal system top 20.

Mejia is in your top 20? I must have missed what he's done so far this year.

 

He's on the edge of my top 20 (striking guys out at Mesa, has frequently hit 97 and topped out at 99 this season). Callis did have him at 20 midseason.

[KingCubsFan]

all our eggs are hatching at the same time, slow down fools, there were supposed to be waves involved

 

There's still McKinney, Schwarber, Tseng, Underwood, Torres, Jimenez, Mejia and Stinnett below AA.

And the college bat we draft in the top 5 next year.

[Little Slide Rooter]

I was about the worry about Underwood being pulled after 0.2 innings. Then I remembered that the 0.2 inning was last night.

[fiver]

I have the company suite just to the first base side of home plate for the smokies-baybears game Thursday night...excited to see Russell and Almora. Anyone know who should be pitching?

[CubsWin]

all our eggs are hatching at the same time, slow down fools, there were supposed to be waves involved

It's going to be just one big [expletive] wave.

 

title wave

Heh, get it?

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

all our eggs are hatching at the same time, slow down fools, there were supposed to be waves involved

 

There's still McKinney, Schwarber, Tseng, Underwood, Torres, Jimenez, Mejia and Stinnett below AA.

 

After Baez, Bryant, Soler, and Russell-

 

I think I'm most intrigued by Eloy Jiminez and G. Torrez.

[ctcf]

Josh Timmers @Cubsminorswrap

2 Run single for @billy_mckinney in t8 gives @daytonacubs a 3-1 lead!

[davell]

Other Baez HR

[Guest]

I have the company suite just to the first base side of home plate for the smokies-baybears game Thursday night...excited to see Russell and Almora. Anyone know who should be pitching?

 

Corey Black.

[Bear Cub]

Daury Torrez

[Little Slide Rooter]

soler HR

 

 

http://media1.giphy.com/media/Y9zsPkuTlEcWk/200.gif

 

Holy [expletive], that's weird.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Any thoughts on Josh Vitters uncontrolled spiral into oblivion? He was great in 2012 at AAA, then again last year, at least while healthy. How often does the bottom drop out in a guy's third year in the PCL? If anything, I'd expect absurd, video game-esque numbers.

[jersey cubs fan]

Any thoughts on Josh Vitters...

If anything, I'd expect absurd, video game-esque numbers.

 

 

Sure, why not.

[evv98]

Any thoughts on Josh Vitters uncontrolled spiral into oblivion? He was great in 2012 at AAA, then again last year, at least while healthy. How often does the bottom drop out in a guy's third year in the PCL? If anything, I'd expect absurd, video game-esque numbers.

 

Maybe it's mental at this point. He's been in the system since 2007 and was the jewel of that system until 2011 or 2012. He had a disastrous cup-of-coffee a couple of years ago that sent his stock plummeting. He followed that up with a decent/good year at Iowa last year, yet was never strongly considered for a roster spot in Chicago this year for a very poor team. Now he has been passed by numerous other prospects who are capable of playing any position on the team that he may hope to fill.

 

Seven years in minor-league baseball is a long time. And now his path is blocked by better players. Perhaps he sees the writing on the wall and is near the end. The best he can hope for now is that he gets traded or released and becomes one of those change-of-scenery guys somewhere else.

[CubInOK]

Any thoughts on Josh Vitters uncontrolled spiral into oblivion? He was great in 2012 at AAA, then again last year, at least while healthy. How often does the bottom drop out in a guy's third year in the PCL? If anything, I'd expect absurd, video game-esque numbers.

 

Maybe it's mental at this point. He's been in the system since 2007 and was the jewel of that system until 2011 or 2012. He had a disastrous cup-of-coffee a couple of years ago that sent his stock plummeting. He followed that up with a decent/good year at Iowa last year, yet was never strongly considered for a roster spot in Chicago this year for a very poor team. Now he has been passed by numerous other prospects who are capable of playing any position on the team that he may hope to fill.

 

Seven years in minor-league baseball is a long time. And now his path is blocked by better players. Perhaps he sees the writing on the wall and is near the end. The best he can hope for now is that he gets traded or released and becomes one of those change-of-scenery guys somewhere else.

We have a pretty serious need for getting him off the 40-man roster, too. I'd be baffled if he was in the Cubs system next year.

[Guest]

Vitters is still pretty young. I bet the Cards pick him up and he ends up as world series and playoff mvp or something. i don't think he ever got a fair shake in his MLB time, he at least should have gotten a chance in right instead of ol needledick schierholtz.

 

The kid can hit, we just have no place for him.

[jersey cubs fan]

Vitters is still pretty young. I bet the Cards pick him up and he ends up as world series and playoff mvp or something. i don't think he ever got a fair shake in his MLB time, he at least should have gotten a chance in right instead of ol needledick schierholtz.

 

The kid can hit, we just have no place for him.

 

Because he can't play any position well and can't hit enough to justify playing mediocre, at best, defense.

[WrigleyField 22]

He used to hit but now he's at like Javy BB and K rates without the sexy power and premium position. If he still had that high teens low 20s k rate I'd hold out some hope for him, even if he struggled. Steroids are his only hope.

[Guest]

Vitters is still pretty young. I bet the Cards pick him up and he ends up as world series and playoff mvp or something. i don't think he ever got a fair shake in his MLB time, he at least should have gotten a chance in right instead of ol needledick schierholtz.

 

The kid can hit, we just have no place for him.

 

 

:^o